Schools, centres to decide their own mode of exams: JNU

The Jawaharlal Nehru University has directed all its special centres and schools of the university to decide on taking online or offline exams or a combination of both.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has asked all the special centres and schools of the university to decide if they want to hold the online or offline exams or a combination of both, signalling that there would not be any set template for the examination this year in the university due to lockdown.

"The difference in the mode of examinations can vary not just from one school to the other, but also in different centres within the same school," Pramod Kumar, Registrar, JNU said.

The University said that the decision has been taken by the members of the Academic Council (AC) and the resolution was circulated online.

However, the JNU Teachers’ Association (JNUTA), has claimed that the resolution was not given to several members including their representative in the AC.

"The Council had approved the recommendations submitted by the Deans of Schools and Chairpersons of Special Centres on the methods that should be adopted to conduct semester examination in respective schools and centres while taking into consideration the difficulties of following the normal academic calendar and regular mode of such examinations amidst ongoing coronavirus lockdown in the country," he said.

“We have given Schools the responsibility of conducting examinations to the Schools and Special Centres. Depending on students’ interest, they can take online exams or offline exams, or a combination of both. They will be solely responsible for deciding which software or mechanism would be used for online exams, if at all," Kumar said.

While talking about the deadlines for submission of MPhil dissertations and PhD, Kumar said will be done in accordance with relevant University Grant Commission (UGC) guidelines. 

“The Council has authorized the Vice-Chancellor to approve any additional suggestion/request that may come from any School or Special Centre for completing the current academic session and for starting the new academic session,” he said.

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